Divergence and convergence in global software development: Cultural complexities as social worlds

From Research to Practice in the Design of Cooperative Systems: Results and Open Challenges - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, COOP 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-136

  Jensen, Rasmus Eskild ^a   Bjørn, Pernille ^a  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE COMPANY; WORK PRACTICES; WORKPLACE STUDIES;

DESIGN;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84887032758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4093-1_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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